WSPN History
March 12, 2007 Idea development
April 5, 2007 Named “Wayland Student Press Network (WSPN)”
April 6, 2007

Robin Kim founds WSPN in his freshman year

April 26, 2007 WSPN is presented to the school administration
April 27, 2007

WSPN launches a promotional webpage

May 1, 2007 Site first opens to the public
May 3, 2007

Howard Owens and other media specialists blog about WSPN

September 10, 2007 Wayland Student Press for news, WSPN.TV for online broadcasting
October 1, 2007 WSPN applies for a grant to the Wayland Public Schools Foundation
October 30, 2007 Grant for equipment approved by the WPSF
December 23, 2007

WSPN creates a second website for WSPN.TV

February 10, 2007 WSPN creates WSPN Voice for podcasting
April 19, 2008

Wayland Student Press wins the Online Pacemaker Award

April 27, 2008

WSPN is reported on by The Boston Globe

April 28, 2008

WSPN archives its Pacemaker-winning website

April 29, 2008 Major site design upgrade
April 30, 2008

WSPN creates its third division, Waytown Cosmo, for entertainment

May 1, 2008

Wayland Town Crier publishes a feature story on WSPN

May 2, 2008 WaylandeNews.com starts to link WSPN content
May 3, 2008 WSPN begins to update content daily on school days
June 20, 2008

WSPN creates its fourth division, WSP Gallery, for photography

August 20, 2008 Overhaul of WSPN site design
September 2, 2008 WSPN brings a new journalism course to Wayland High School
October 10, 2008 First weekly e-mail newsletter sent out to WSPN subscribers
October 29, 2008 WSPN receives a second grant from the WPSF
November 5, 2008 WSPN combines its divisions’ separate websites into one
November 13, 2008 WSPN closes down WSPN Voice
January 1, 2009 Design upgrade for modern looks and additional features
January 3, 2009

WSPN creates its fifth division, WSPN Blogs, for student blogging

January 7, 2009 WSPN puts 52″ display in the Commons for public viewing
February 4, 2009

WSPN installs computer kiosk to connect to Commons display

February 5, 2009 WSPN website garners 3800 pageviews on a single day
February 16, 2009 WSPN website reaches 200,000 pageviews for 2008-2009 school year
February 26, 2009

WSPN becomes finalist for CSPA Crown Awards

March 1, 2009 WSPN publishes its 400th post
March 20, 2009

Wayland Student Press wins the Gold Crown Award

April 14, 2009 WSPN is nominated for the international Webby Awards
April 18, 2009

WSPN picks up the Pacemaker once again

May 5, 2009

WSPN wins the Webby People’s Voice Award

May 5, 2009

NECN (Channel 6) reports on WSPN – 9:30pm Cover Story